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Accepting grant funds, authorizing execution of a grant agreement (with indemnity obligations and other documents related thereto), and amending the operating budget with respect to the City's sponsorship of a Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization Account Contamination Clean Up Grant for the benefit of The Rondo Community Land Trust’s Mixed-Use Redevelopment at 642 Selby Avenue (District 8, Ward 1).
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WHEREAS, in RES 25-578, the Saint Paul City Council resolved that the City of Saint Paul (the “City”) may act as the legal sponsor in connection with a Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization (“TBRA”) Contamination Clean Up Grant application for the benefit of The Rondo Community Land Trust (“Rondo CLT”) and, thereby, authorized an application to the Metropolitan Council related to the mixed-use redevelopment project located at 642 Selby Avenue (“Application”); and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council accepted the Application and awarded the City a $150,000 TBRA Contamination Clean Up grant for the benefit of Rondo CLT’s mixed use redevelopment project (“Grant Funds”); and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act TBRA Grant contract (“Grant Agreement”) requires the City to indemnify the Metropolitan Council; and
WHEREAS, by this Resolution, the Council authorizes acceptance of the TBRA Contamination Clean Up Grant, amends the 2025 budget, and authorizes execution of a grant agreement with the Metropolitan Council; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Saint Paul City Charter, does certify that there are available for appropriation funds of $150,000 in excess of those estimated in the operating budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul:
1. that upon the recommendation of the Mayor that the $150,000 is available for appropriation in the Operating Budget, the City Council hereby authorizes and approves said budget, as heretofor...
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